Pyongyang, August 10 (KCNA) - Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of the DPRK, Tuesday sent a massage of greetings to Idriss Deby Itno, president of the Republic of Chad, on the 51st anniversary of its independence.

Kim in his message wished the Chadian president great success in his work to achieve national reconciliation and economic development, expressing expectation that the friendly and cooperative relations between the two countries would continue to develop.